Law of Attraction for Beginners

Today I Will Make A Difference

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

by Max Lucado
From On The Anvil

Today I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A person is the product of their thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances. I will not let petty inconveniences such as stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my masters. I will avoid negativism and gossip. Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be my hallmark. Today I will make a difference.

I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me. Time is a precious commodity. I refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. I will face this day with the joy of a child and the courage of a giant. I will drink each minute as though it is my last. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving. Today I will make a difference.

I will not let past failures haunt me. Even though my life is scarred with mistakes, I refuse to rummage through my trash heap of failures. I will admit them. I will correct them. I will press on. Victoriously. No failure is fatal. It's OK to stumble - I will get up. It's OK to fail - I will rise again. Today I will make a difference.

I will spend time with those I love. My spouse, my children, my family. A man can own the world but be poor for the lack of love. A man can own nothing and yet be wealthy in relationships. Today I will spend at least five minutes with the significant people in my world. Five quality minutes of talking or hugging or thanking or listening. Five undiluted minutes with my mate, children, and friends.

It's Ok to have Negative Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:30:00 +0000

WHAT!?!

Yup, I said it right here, "It's Ok to have Negative Thoughts" I know that seems contrary to all personal development thought, let me explain.

I'm talking about negative thoughts, not negative thinking. For purposes of this post, negative thinking is an ongoing and persistent way of thinking. negative thoughts are those that sneak in when we want to grow, to move from where we are to where we want to be.

When starting out to change my life I got so wrapped up in "gotta think positive all the time." "Bad/negative thoughts are bad" "This is never going to work" "I'll never be successful" I let these negative thoughts become a pattern, a habit. This habit grew and became a permanent way of thinking and living.

By listening to tapes, again and again, reading books. Learning about affirmations, goal setting, changing who I hang out with, changes in my life, the occasional positive thoughts have become more of a habit. I still catch myself with negative thougts, but overall my thinking is positive.

The point I want to emphasize is the habit of negative thinking is where you are now. It's your habit. Now, it's time to work on developing a new habit of positive thinking. This starts with the new positive thoughts being the occasional thought. When you notice yourself thinking negative, start to be positive about that. "I've been a good negative thinker for years, now it's time to change to a more positive way of thinking and living."

By beating yourself up about the negative thoughts, you perpetuate the negative habit. Acknowledge that you do have this past pattern of behavior and that you do want to change.

Acknowledging you do want change and want to be more positive is a positive thought. Then go read a book, listen to a tape/CD, read a blog, say affirmations, something else positive. Reinforce this new habit with more positive activity.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #41 - Law of Attraction at Work

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

Welcome to the September 4, 2008 edition of law of attraction. This edition is based on the U.S. holiday in September, Labor Day, hence the topic is Law of Attraction at Work. How do you use the principles of the Law of Attraction to find work, attract business or customers and or make work a more enjoyable experience?

Trudi White presents Turning Labor Day into Play Day posted at Next Action Blogging, saying, "Turning Labor Day into Play Day - use the holiday to create your dream job."

Stephen Martile presents How to Advance Your Career posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile, saying, "Career advancement comes from doing things a certain way, just as Wallace Wattles describes in his famous book, The Science of Getting Rich.

If you follow this process, you must advance your career. Remember, this is not a philosophy or an idea that hasn’t been tested. This is a creative approach to career advancement. It’s the Science of Getting Rich. It works when you work it. It must work because it is Law."

Other reads.

Vikash Kumar presents How to create a vision board? posted at Attract Wealth And Happiness, saying, "A Great tool for "The Law Of Attraction" is a vision board and here is the pros & cons of making a vision board."

Teri Riggins presents The Law of Attraction for Dummies posted at The Law of Attraction and Me., saying, "This is the introductory post for my LOA blog."

Sonal Shah presents Win with Personality » WHY AFFIRMATIONS FAIL TO MANIFEST posted at Win with Personality, saying, "WHY AFFIRMATIONS FAIL TO MANIFEST – If your affirmations are not manifesting and you are stuck somewhere, read this to be on your way to successful manifestation"

Peter Murphy presents 5 Powerful Motivation Techniques that Work Like Magic posted at Get Motivated Stay Motivated.

That wraps it up for this edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival. The next edition is hosted at Living the Law of Attraction

Please check the submission guidelines.

You can submit your article at Blog Carnival.

Other Law of Attraction Carnivals:

Law of Attraction Carnival #38 For the Joy of it!

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #37 - Success Stories

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #36 - Visualize

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #35 - Desire

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #34 - LOA Toolbox

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #33

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31 - Back to Basics

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 - Religion

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29 - Relationships - How to use the Law of Attraction to create, maintain, improve relationships.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28 - Relationships

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #40 - Appreciation | Gratitude

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:25:00 +0000

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #39

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:11:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

Welcome to the August 7, 2008 edition of law of attraction. Well, actually it is August 10, but this is when the edition was to have been published.

Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents It’s All SUCCESS! posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat, saying, "When you redefine what success means to you to appreciate all the little successes you may not usually acknowledge, the Law of Attraction brings you more successes."

Dr. Joe Capista presents Success Means Different Things to Different People posted at The Success Triangle.

Kate Ivy presents Visualizing Your Success posted at >Happy Go Kate, saying, "Think you can't visualize your success? Think again! There's more to manifesting than just a few fleeting thoughts."

Frederic Premji presents Discovering Your Life’s Purpose posted at BlogMotivation.com.

Daniel Roach presents Living Consciously Every Day posted at Daniel Roach.Org.

fred xiao presents 3 Myths we should avoid when applying law of attraction posted at Easy money attraction.

axel presents a nice article on Learning To Trust posted at axel g.

Charlie Phillips presents Taking Advantage of Opportunities! posted at CHARLIE PHILLIPS - LIFE COACH.

Arin Vahanian presents Why It Is Necessary To Live NOW posted at Super State.

Phil B. presents Grow, Plateau, and Go << Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, "Grow, Plateau, and Go!"

Felix Ekpa presents The Magic touch | No Limits! posted at No Limits!.

Nathalie Lussier presents How to Start Down the Road to Financial Freedom posted at Billionaire Woman.com, saying, "How to change your outlook to bring more of what you want into your life."

Elio Galluzzi presents Manifesting Money? posted at The Entangled Universe » The Entangled Universe.

That wraps it up for this edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival. The next edition is hosted at Living the Law of Attraction and the theme is Appreciation / Gratitude.

Ellie writes:

A heart filled with appreciation and gratitude has no room for discord.
If, everyday you deliberately looked for things to appreciate - deliberately
took count of all the things you are grateful for in your life. Your vibration
would be filled with love and joy and that is exactly what you would be
living.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #38 - For The Joy of It

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:12:00 +0000

Photo by: Wylie Maercklein

The Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #38- For The Joy of It is now posted at Living the Law of Attraction.

I can tell you all that right now, as I'm healing my broken collarbone, the one thing I miss that will give me joy is a waking-up in the morning BIG OL' YAWN and FULL BODY (ARMS TO TOES) S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G.

Ahhh, it's the simple things in life that can be very joyful and rewarding.

The next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival will be hosted here at the Law of Attraction for Beginners. Submission deadline is August 5 and publish date is August 7. The next edition is a general round up of Law of Attraction, Conscious Creation, Deliberate Manifestion articles.

Please check the submission guidelines.

You can submit your article at Blog Carnival.

Other Law of Attraction Carnivals:

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #37 - Success Stories

Law of Attraction Carnival #36 - Visualize

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #35 - Desire

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #34 - LOA Toolbox

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #33

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31 - Back to Basics

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 - Religion

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29 - Relationships - How to use the Law of Attraction to create, maintain, improve relationships.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28 - Relationships

Edward Mills' list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #37 - Success Stories

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

I chose this theme of Success Stories as a way to find more positive reminders that the Law of Attraction works to consciously create our realities. In the transition between our old life and the new life we are creating, there can be chaos. In that chaos it may appear that things aren't going well or as we desire. For instance, my job has been changing significantly from full internet access to almost no unrelated work internet access. My job description is changing and tools that are basic Windows tools have been removed that reduce my ability to effectively perform my job. Additionally my work schedule has changed and more overtime is needed at work, reducing my time for non-work related projects. Along with that, I had a kidney stone to deal with in May. Five days later I broke my wrist skateboarding. And last week I broke my collarbone. Although the pain medications are working, they reduce my ability to focus. So this edition of the carnival is just what I need, a big shot of Success Stories. I'm obviously successful at bringing these events into my life, now with renewed inspiration and happiness, my life is getting back on track.

I want to thank all the contributors and readers of this blog and carnival for you patience.

This first selection by Jeannette Maw reminds us to choose our own happiness. Success or Slump: Who's To Say? posted at Good Vibe Blog.

Success Stories

Alicia Getchell presents Five experiments in the Law of Attraction and their outcomes. posted at Living Philosopher, saying, "More than five times the law of attraction has stunned and amazed me. My success stories are truly magical and I hope that they will boost others in their confidence and faith in this way of being."

Peter Murphy presents How To Transform Apathy Into Motivation posted at Get Motivated Stay Motivated.

axel presents 100% Success posted at axel g.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #36 - Visualize

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:24:00 +0000

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #35 - Desire

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:10:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

Welcome to the June 5, 2008 edition of law of attraction. Obviously a bit on the late side. I broke my wrist skateboarding, yes really, and I'm working through the challenges this has presented me, such as typing with only one hand. Additionally time to work on writing is a bit restricted as I adjust to other life events. No need to label them, I'm sure we all have "things and events" that pop up. :)

The topic for this edition of the Law of Attraction Blog Carnival is DESIRE. I didn't elaborate on the parameters of this subject to see what article submissions would come in. Some articles clearly address the topic of DESIRE and others have the idea of desire within the context of the article.

I sincerely desire you enjoy this carnival's selections.

DESIRE

Jeannette Maw presents What Do You Want? posted at Good Vibe Blog

Wendy Piersall presents What do American Idol & the Butterfly Effect Have to do With Your Destiny? posted at Sparkplug CEO

Gary Evans presents Manifesting Money Without Thinking About It posted at Good To Feel Good.

Metaliphe presents What U Are Seeking is Also Seeking U (continued) posted at Chandra Unplugged - No nonsense, Straight-up blogging from a Life Coach, saying, "The first step in understanding the Law of Attraction is to ASK. Several years ago I was going through a difficult time in my life when I needed to make some changes and I had a good friend say to me, “Do you know how to get what you want?” I looked at her and said, “Tell me”. “Ask, she said, you have to ask for what you want”."

Other Law of Attraction articles

Will Edwards presents The Law of Attraction posted at Inspiration.

Joann Ang presents Law of Attraction posted at Law of Attraction Info Center.

Ivy and Amanda Preston presents Mar 10, The Power of Positive Thinking posted at Ivy and Amanda Preston, saying, "Get into the habit of positive thinking and reap the rewards."

Ciara Carruthers presents First manifestation attempts: What to manifest? | Law of Attraction Blog posted at Law of Attraction Blog, saying, "What should be the first thing to try to manifest? Money is often a sore point and not a good place to start, in my opinion. So where to start? With food!"

Elio Galluzzi presents >What do you want to attract in your life and why posted at The Entangled Universe » The Entangled Universe, saying, "A quest to find the truth on the Law of Attraction"

Erek Ostrowski presents Manifesting a Job You Actually Want (Step Two) posted at Verve Coaching>, saying, "The second step in manifesting a job you actually want is to create a conversation “for” what you want in a job."

Gary Evans presents My Subconscious Addiction posted at Good To Feel Good.

Stephen Martile presents Why You Attract What You Don’t Want posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile

Other articles I found interesting

Shamelle presents Money And Processions: Breaking Free From The Materialism Trap posted at Enhance Life.

Gayathri Moosad presents Self Hypnosis in 8 simple steps posted at The Personality Development Workbook>, saying, "How to perform self hypnosis to program your subconscious effectively to attract success"

http://www.powerfull-living.biz/blog/2008/05/21/10-qualities-that-foster-trust-safety-in-business-personal-relationships/trackback presents Powerfull Living » 10 Qualities That Foster Trust & Safety In Relationships posted at Powerfull Living, saying, "Learn the elements that improve relationships in all areas of your life"

That concludes this edition.

Be sure to check our listing on Blog Carnival for information about the next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival hosted by Ellie Walsh at Living The Law Of Attraction.

Please check the submission guidelines before submitting your article at Blog Carnival.

Previous Law of Attraction Carnivals

Law of Attraction Carnival #34 LOA Toolbox

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #33

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31 - Back to Basics

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 - Religion

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29 - Relationships - How to use the Law of Attraction to create, maintain, improve relationships.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28 - Relationships

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #34- LOA Toolbox

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:17:00 +0000

WOW! That Was An Interesting Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:00 +0000

As I was working out on Saturday May 3, my stomach started to spasm and hurt. I spent the night wondering if I've been over exerting myself when working out and came to the conclusion I wasn't. But still couldn't figure out why I was hurting.

Finally went to Urgent Care in the morning and they couldn't figure anything out. So they sent me to the Emergency Room. It turns out, I developed a 6-7mm kidney stone and it was stuck in my ureters tube between my kidney and my bladder.

By the time I'm released, the pain is gone and I'm sent home with a prescription for a pain killer. With no pain for the next week, I never filled out the prescription, until Saturday May 10 when the stomach pains returned. The prescription was for darvocet, 1 every 8 hours as needed. HA! It only works for 2 hours. Back to the ER at 10:15pm.

Well, between the pain of the stone and the wooziness of the drug and other health issues that developed, I haven't done nor eaten much.

Fortunately, I've got the stone out of the painful parts of my body. I may have missed it when I passed it, or I still haven't passed it. But the pain is gone.
Yippee.

Back to experiencing more good feelings life has to offer. (And catching up on what happened the past week.)

UPDATE

On the way to work, the pain came back and I headed home. Back in bed.

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #33

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:03:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #33 the topic of this edition is health. The Law of Attraction is all about vibrations. Write a post about health and the law of attraction. How nutrition and exercise can affect our vibrations for health and healing. Also can be about how to use the Law of Attraction to heal yourself. Personal stories are excellent examples.

April sure impacted my life a bit differently than I expected. Some vibrational escrow caught up and exposed me to new opportunities that I took advantage of. Primarily, I received an invitation from Aaron Potts at Today is that Day to join in the Million Dollar Body Challenge. Since then I've been very focused on my health and fitness. I'm still learning and have that "look what I discovered" enthusiasm. With this new found energy devoted to health and fitness I chose the topic Health for this edition.

As always, this edition recieved many submissions. Many more than included in this carnival. To keep this series a quality Law of Attraction carnival, submissions that are on topic are given preference over other submissions. If an article supports the ideas and philosophies of Law of Attraction, Deliberate Creation, Manifesting, etc. they might be included as long as the content supports these ideas.

Featured Articles

Jeannette Maw presents Weight Loss & LOA » Good Vibe Blog posted at Good Vibe Blog. Jeanette shares the direct correlation of our thoughts to weight loss and how our attitude influences our success or failure with diets and fitness.

Jennifer Mannion presents Thoughts Affect Your Body posted at Heal Pain Naturally. In this article Jennifer breifly shares her story about how she changed her thoughts to heal her body and references other sources for additional information.

Alex Baranosky presents Health and the Law of Attraction posted at Easy Law of Attraction. Alex provides some good first steps to take in changing our beliefs about our wellness.

Other articles worth reading:

Karen Lynch presents Healing Energy (Live The Power) posted at LivethePower.

Gary Evans presents Trusting Your Inner Guidance posted at Good To Feel Good.

Tim Gary presents Have You Been “six-packed” by Your Thinking? posted at Internet Success Bites.

Frederic Premji presents 7 Questions To Finding Your True Passion posted at BlogMotivation.com, saying, "Insightful article about how to figure out what you are passionate about"

Marc Basile presents The Law of Attaction and Finding Love posted at The Incurable Romantic, saying, "From the site: "For the most part, you could call me a believer in the Law of Attraction, and that you can use it to help in finding love." Surprisingly practical advice to help finding love, whether or not you believe in the Law of Attraction or not."

Ezra presents Advanced Law of Attraction Manifesting Results in Your Life FASTER - Ezra's Writings - ||- ezragardener.net -|| Self-help on money, weight loss, wealth, spirituality, health and more. posted at Ezra's Writings.

Arin Vahanian presents How to Get Rid of Excuses NOW and Start Living the Kind of Life You’ve Always Wanted posted at Super State.

Sam Zoranovich presents Unapologetic Genius - Modeling Reality posted at Unapologetic Genius, saying, "An article on how we construct models of reality, and how doing so consciously leads to spiritual and personal development."

JMSherer presents Personal Magnetism the Art of Attractive Presence posted at Living Infinitely.

That concludes this edition.

Be sure to check our listing on Blog Carnival for information about the next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival hosted by Ellie Walsh at Living The Law Of Attraction. The topic is "What's in your LOA Toolbox?" What practices, methods, tools do you use to keep you on track with the Law of Attraction? Do you meditate? visualize? use a vision board? write out your perfect day? Share the methods you use that helps you to utilize the Law of Attraction in your daily life.

Please check the submission guidelines before submitting your article at Blog Carnival.

Previous Law of Attraction Carnivals

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31 - Back to Basics

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 - Religion

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29 - Relationships - How to use the Law of Attraction to create, maintain, improve relationships.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28 - Relationships

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

"Work More On Yourself Than Your Business"

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Once I heard statement from a person I respect alot, Christopher Hughes, he said "Work on yourself more than your business." I don't know if this is an original quote from him or not, but it struck a cord with me.

These words are stuck in my head and make a lot of sense. I think they are worth repeating "Work on yourself more than your business."

He said this as a statement of the value of personal development. These seem like good words comming from someone who about 8 years ago was working as a waiter in a Chili's resturant and living in a very poor neighborhood somewhere (don't remember what city) in Texas. Now, he makes over $100,000.00 a year in his network marketing business. He did lots of personal development, reading books, talkiing with people who know more than him, he attneded meetings and seminars, etc.

I'm not here to promote network marketing. But the idea is valuable in all businesses, careers or even in personal life. "Work on yourself more than your business."

What I'm getting at is, it is time for me to focus more on myself. I've been feeling a bit out of alignment, frazzled and unfocused. I've experienced feeling tired and when not tired, just low energy. Time for me to work more on myself, than on my business. This doesn't mean neglecting, just reallocating time while focusing on more personal development.

I recently got Centerpont's Holosync (aff) program, the Learning Stratgies Euphoria program, and I've joined Aaron Potts of Today is that Day in the Million Dollar Body Challenge. If you join up for the Million Dollar Body Challenge, look me up, my username is duelingdean.

In the past couple of weeks, that I've been using the Awakening Prologue (aff) from Centerpoint, I've felt more calm. Although I meditated previously, the full program seems to have taken it up a notch. That started in only the first week. I've dedicated myself to listening at least once a day. As I'm meditating, I can feel my body shift from one level to a different level as the tones shift frequencies. That's cool.

It's meant to be a long term program and in this brief time, I've enjoyed the benefits of deeper meditations and greater sense of calm. I still have wandering thoughts while meditating, that's ok. I understand that is still going to happen. Something I've noticed is that I'm catching these wandering thoughts and "just letting go" much easier. I think it's the sound of rain and ringing bells and resonanting bowls that provides a stimulus for me to focus on, as well as my breathing.

Also my sleeping seems to be better. I'm not sure if that's just the Holosynic program or if it's because of my increased exercising, which I'll talk about in a moment, or both.

The paraliminal program Euphoria is different and a bit harder for me to stay with, at this time.

I'll keep working with these programs and give more formal reviews once I have more time working with them.

As far as my exercise routine, until recently, has mostly been walking. I've taken a keener interest in my physical appearance for a couple of reasons.

1) I want to feel better, have better health and look good. 270 pounds is a bit more than I weighed in high school or even in my mid-twenties...early thirties or...well, you get the idea.
2) I want more energy, vitality and activity in my life.
3) I want to respect my body as the vehicle of my spirit.
4) I believe that in the process of conditioning my body, I'm also conditioning my mind and spirit. By blending a harmonious relationship with these aspects of myself all I got to say is "LOOK OUT WORLD, HERE I COME."
5) Heck, if I could win money in this Million Dollar Body Challenge why not get started.

Some things I've experienced already from this steped-up commitment to personal development:

Exercise

* I'm looking forward to working out. I guess it's a common belief that people don't want to drag themselves out the door to a gym, much less off the couch for some sit-ups or push-ups because "it's too much work" or "it makes me tired" or "I don't want to hurt myself." Me, I'm looking forward to my work out time. Here's why:
* I'm feeling excited when I am working out. I feel the blood coursing through my body, I'm more aware of my body with this increased movement. I feel excited that I'm working out and the sweat is a good sign that I'm progressing.
* When walking on the treadmill I spend time visulazing my dreams and goals. Because the blood is pumping and my body is feeling good, my mental picture of me is better because I'm taking action toward my goals. During this time it's more exciting for me when I'm visualizing, and that excitment is the emotion that builds the manifestation.
* At times, I think of it as a walking meditation.

Nutrition

Because I'm more excited about making the change to my physical appearance, I'm more aware of what I'm eating I'm making conscious decisions about what I want to eat: less fats and carbohydrates, more whole, real foods like veggies and fruit. I was eating good foods with some bad foods, now my attention is more on good foods.

My body still wants the comfort foods of chips and salsa, nachos, butter and toast, chocolate, Coco-Cola, etc. But it's my attitude toward myself, what I want to look like, that the desire for those foods has changed. I know that they taste good and that's ok. I think more about using them as special treats once a week, if even that often. My chocolate is my super special treat, one square of Ghiradelli's Dark Chocolates a day not 3, 4 or 5. (And dark chocolate is a good antioxident.) Cocoa-Cola, one bottle a week, I still like that sharp carbonated bite on my tongue.

I already feeling cleaner. I'm eating healthier. With more fruit in my diet, I feel less weighed down. I graze throughout the day, not eating until I'm full, but satisfied. I think about how good I feel when I've finished an appropriate amount of food without stuffing myself like a turkey.

With increased time devoted to exercise, food preparation, meditation with Awakening Prologue program, I find less time for other activities. Less time to watch TV, except for Battlestar Galactica and The Tudors, less time writing, oh well. But Chris Hughes' words still ring in my head "Work on yourself more than your business."

Yeah!!! I've cleaned up the malware on my PC.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:21:00 +0000

I'm so grateful that I've finally been able to clean off the spyware and other malware from my PC. It's taken me about a week to finally get to the point where I can use my computer with some sense of reliability and get to the sites I'm actually trying to get to via favorites or with a search engine.

Sunday Morning Video: The Human Footprint

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:00:00 +0000

With these short videos, I'm slieghtly sidestepping a Law of Attraction principle, that being what we focus on, remains. Like any personal changes or goals we want to see, we need to know what we don't want, what we do want, visualize and believe we can be, do or have what we want.

Earth Day is this month and recent media events and stories bring attention to the thoughts we held in our collective consciousness. Like personal development, the Law of Attraction, health and the environment, we just need to think differently to make changes in the way we live.

I've been an environmentalist for years. Some days more than others and on those "other" days, feeling a bit guilty when I'm not as envirnmentally clean. (We won't go there about guilt at this time.)

These videos are promoting a program on the National Geographics channel called The Human Footprint. I've seen the show, it's really quit visually appealing. I like this program more because it doesn't take an alarmist point of view, it's assumed that many viewers are already aware of what is happening within our environment. This documentary does show, how much an average person consumes in their lifetime. From diapers, milk cartons, eggs, fruit, bottles of shampoo and showers to cans of soda, bottles of beer or wine.

This first video is about National Geographics show "Human Footprint" with airtimes listed in the show:

This next video is a longer promotional video but without the airtimes.

It is currently also showing in National Geographic On-Demand, check with your local provider for On-Demand service. (Geez, that sounds like a commercial.)

Other Sunday Morning Videos:

Enlightenment by Gary Evans
Enlightenment by Gary Evans

The Gratitude Dance
The Gratitude Dance

Affirmation Movie
Affirmation Movie

Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man
Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man

Sunday Morning Video:

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:24:00 +0000

This morning's video has some really great images, inspiring words and good music. We do all have inside of us the seed of greatness, whatever you want your greatness to be. I sincerely hope that you find it, go for it and achieve it.

Other Sunday Morning Videos:

Enlightenment by Gary Evans
Enlightenment by Gary Evans

The Gratitude Dance
The Gratitude Dance

Affirmation Movie
Affirmation Movie

Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man
Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man

"Sign Sign Everywhere a Sign"

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:19:00 +0000

Post title inspired by the song title of the same name by The 5 Man Electrical Band.

Sometimes I just got to laugh at myself. Not because I'm funny, well, sometimes I think I'm hilarous. I got to laugh at myself because I can see and hear myself digging a deeper and deeper hole I put myself in. At times I allow the resistances to block my energy, the tightness in the chest, shallow breaths and then a slight touch of overwhem and the thought "it's got to be easier. It's suppose to be easy." Every once in awhile I even think "What have I done, I can't get this all done."

DOH!

Then I catch myself. Not scold, chastise, belittle nor yell at myself, but simply catch myself. Take a deep breath...or two...maybe three. Ah, that feels better. Look at where I'm at, appreciate where I'm at. Be thankful for the lessons and training.

Recently I got an email from Notes from the Universe:

Impatience is a sign of hurrying; hurrying is a sign of worrying; worrying is a sign of fear; and fear is a sign, Dean, that someone has temporarily forgotten that it's never too late to change their thoughts and therefore their "things." And for these reasons, time will forever be on their side.

Glad we could straighten that out -
The Universe

Ah, it's great to see the universe talk so directly to me. It's fun living a life of magic and wonder.

Spring is once again in the air. Little things are bringing such a great joy to my day, like birds chirpping, the warm sun on my face (yes, I recently got sunburned), a cool breeze, that extra nugget of chicken bites, a friend buying lunch, that phone call from a friend I was thinking about 2 days ago. Heck, even the email from a real estate agent letting me know of a price reduction on a piece of property he's selling is great news...to me.

So what's all this got to do with signs. Simple really, the universe is talking to us, giving us nudges, hints, clues and we...we have our feelings. These are all signs of what's going on.

Serendipity and Synchronisity

I'm forming a Mastermind Group here in San Diego. I'm posting on several local online sites. One person wrote a reply post "It was pure happenstance that I came across your post". The bell rang in my head, for me as much as for this writer, when one is in vibrational alingment, seemingly unrelated events happen to make sense or your eye catches some phrase or book title, find an online ad, etc. that provides the answer to your questions or fulfills a desire.

It's taken me over a year to finally put into motion that effort to put this together. Now, it's comming together nicely.

Abundance

I came out of a job interview on Friday. Feeling pretty good about how I did. Back on the phone, first call I get was from someone wanting an upgrade in service, so I got a sale. I went to lunch, came back and checked my email, I had another sale and commission on the way. Then I won an sales incentive drawing of a $50.00 prepaid gas card. Signs that good things are comming to me. I expressed my gratitude for these good things and how quickly they are comming to me.

Being in the flow

Abraham calls it moving downstrean. This is when we are just going along in the river of life events that happen, it's how we go with these events that tell us if we are going upsteam (resistance) or downsteam (in the flow).

At times it seems easier said than done. To some, it is easy. Why does it seem easier said than done. Well for me, I still slip and fall back into the old patterns. Why is it still so easy to fall? I'm still learning. Marci Shimoff said in the movie The Secret:

The only difference between people who are really living this way and people who aren't living in the magic of life. Is that the people who are living in the magic of life have habituated ways of being. They have habituated this process and magic happens with them where ever they go, because they remember and do it all the time, not as a one time event.

I'm sure everone's heard "Practice makes perfect. "Practice being happy, practice appreciation, practice gratitude, and you'll get good. My daughter is in middle school choir and her coach taught them "practice makes permanent". By practicing being happy, having high vibrations, thinking good thoughts, it will become a permanent lifestyle. I'm better today than two years ago because I practice being happy, appreciation and gratitude.

Although I've been practicing meditation more this past year, I've really stepped it up this year, and even more in March. About January, I got the demo CD from Centerpoint using their Holosync technology. That helped me with my meditations. Now I have the introductory program Awakening Prologue. I've been listening to this program for over a week now. I'm seeing some noticable changes in my meditation and in turn, how life events move about me.

Recently I've been comming across more blog posts by Craig Harper and Aaron Potts about physical fitness and how it's easy to be lazy and not do what needs to be done. Although I do walk in my lovely neighborhood, I want more. I remember when I didn't do any type of exercise and how after a week of a breif walking how I started feeling better. I want to feel better. I want to feel healthier. So, I'm picking up the pace and putting in more effort.

By watching what happens to us, being aware of our emotions, observing the behavior of people around us, being open to hearing something on the radio, overhearing a conversation (not eveasdropping), asking questions and being willing to have the universe or our subconscious provide an answer as a thought or through other means, we see the signs pointing us in the direction of our desires. Follow those signs.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Photo by: Wylie Maercklein

The Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #32- Money/Abundance is now posted at Living the Law of Attraction.

The next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival will be hosted here at the Law of Attraction for Beginners. Submission deadline is April 29 and publish date is May 1 May Day.

The topic for that Carnival will be - “Health”. The Law of Attraction is all about vibrations. Write a post about health and the law of attraction. How nutrition and exercise can affect our vibrations for health and healing. Also can be about how to use the Law of Attraction to heal yourself. Personal stories are excellent examples.

Please check the submission guidelines.

You can submit your article at Blog Carnival.

Other Law of Attraction Carnivals:

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Sunday Morning (evening) Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:45:00 +0000

I almost forgot about these two wonderful videos that are available on the website for The Secret

If you have seen them, time for an injection of good vibes from watching them again. If you haven't seen them, it's time for an injection of good vibes from watching them the first time.

These two videos always raise my vibrations. Well crafted works. Please enjoy.

The Secret Riches Visualization Tool

The Secret to You..A Gift From The Secret Scrolls.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31 - Back to Basics

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:21:00 +0000

Photo Ferris Wheel by Trébol Azul

Welcome to Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #31. This edition's topic is Back to Basics. "Write an article or give a lesson in the Law of Attraction for a beginner. Someone who has never heard about the Law of Attraction or is so new to the concept that you are pretty much sharing the information with someone without a lot of knowledge or experience about manifesting our realities."

For this edition many submissions were received. Many more than included in this carnival. To keep this series a quality Law of Attraction carnival, submissions that are on topic are given preference over other submissions. If an article supports the ideas and philosophies of Law of Attraction, Deliberate Creation, Manifesting, etc. they might be included as long as the content supports these ideas.

Featured Articles

Hemal Radia presents Using 'the secret' that is the Law of Attraction IN YOUR LIFE posted at Manifesting & Law of Attraction, saying, "This is an article that was initially created especially for the Law of Attraction Carnival.
It is for those new to Law of Attraction and includes:

-WHY USE THE LAW OF ATTRACTION?
-WHAT IS THE LAW OF ATTRACTION?
-HOW YOUR THOUGHTS MANIFEST ON A PHYSICAL LEVEL
-7 WAYS TO USE THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
And much more"

Frederic Premji presents Law of Attraction Explained posted at BlogMotivation.com.

Piotr Stepien presents The Law of Attraction posted at we overstep.

Other Law of Attraction articles

Gary Evans presents A Secret Meditation for Law of Attraction Followers | Good To Feel Good posted at Good To Feel Good.

Jeanette Maw presents The Problem With Excuses posted at Good Vibe Blog, saying "The problem with excuses, I have recently gotten really clear about, is that the Universe hears them as instructions."

Scott Lee presents First Experiences on the Law of Attraction posted at Scott Free Thinking.

Suzie Cheel presents I Used Deliberate Attraction To Get Well! posted at The Abundance Highway, saying, "This is a simple process that anyone open to changing their thoughts and words can use. Suzie's story reminds us that the words we use are so important in what we attract to ourselves."

Paul Davison presents The Law of Allowing: A Monkey?s Eye View posted at monkeyinmymind.com, saying, "Although the Law of Allowing generally seems to relate more to allowing others “to be,” I believe another manifestation of it is the art of allowing life to present itself to you exactly as it is: a present."

Azhagiya Tamilmagan presents Mind And Thought Power posted at Your Guidance.

Evelyn presents Cinderella And The Story About Attracting Abundance posted at Attraction Mind Map.

Debra Moorhead presents Are You Truly Focusing on Your Desires? posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Other articles worth reading:

HL Grove presents Making Your Dreams Come True posted at Hennie Grove.

Taylor Coburn presents Getting Things Done posted at Internet Business at ProcessToProfits, saying, "How to end procrastination, that nasty habit that keeps freedom and dreams at bay."

Joan Newcomb presents Adventures In Density And Effort: Soul Mates posted at Adventures In Density And Effort, saying, "I attracted my husband in 6 weeks using specific LOA principles. Of course it took ten years to get to those 6 weeks..."

Raymond presents People Will Do You Favors When You Are Friendly and Nice posted at Money Blue Book.

ITAKEOFFTHEMASK presents Mastering Life Transitions is the Key to Happiness and Success posted at itakeoffthemask.com, saying, "Make that much desired JOB TRANSITION Create an ABUNDANCE TRANSITION Achieve RELATIONSHIP TRANSITIONS Be HEALED and TRANSCEND Physical and Spiritual Barriers!

This article just might CHANGE YOUR LIFE!"

Chad Hershey presents 20 Primary Universal Laws - Part 1 of 2 and 20 Primary Universal Laws - Part 2 of 2 posted at Passive Income Blog.

Roger presents Self-Esteeming - Creating Self-Esteem posted at The Happy and Prosperous Blog, saying, "We would all like to have high self-esteem, right ? This post explores what self-esteem means and suggests ways we can all go about raising our self-esteem to give us a better experience of life."

Carter presents Why Do You Complain? posted at SuperSonicSuccess, saying, "Why Do You Complain?"

Anmol Mehta presents Mind Power to Manifest Intentions & Desires Instantly posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga, saying, "How one's state of mind can affect one's body, emotions and life dramatically. Understanding the Law of Attraction from the Eastern perspective."

That concludes this edition.

Be sure to check our listing on Blog Carnival for information about the next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival hosted by Ellie Walsh at Living The Law Of Attraction. Please check the submission guidelines before submitting your article at Blog Carnival.

Technorati tags:

law of attraction, blog carnival.

Previous Law of Attraction Carnivals

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 - Religion

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29 - Relationships - How to use the Law of Attraction to create, maintain, improve relationships.

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28 - Relationships

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Humor and the Law of Attraction

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Ok, it's April 1st also known as April Fools Day. (for references see: Wikipedia or Infoplease) It's a day known for practical jokes.

On this light hearted day, I wanted to remind everyone that one of the most important things about consciously using the Law of Attraction is to have high vibrations. One way to have high vibrations is to laugh and have a good time. In that spirit I'm looking for jokes, funny stories, videos, audios, etc. that relate to:

Law of Attraction
Deliberate Creation
Manifesting
Personal Development in general

Submissions can be from books, newspapers, online sources, original material, etc. Please be sure to provide appropriate credit of the source.

Add your comments or submissions below. I'm looking to laugh heartily and share all the good humor in this world.

Here is an example of what I'm looking for:

Thousands lose jobs because of Law of Attraction.

Some articles I came across as I was putting this idea together.

Laugh at Yourself

The Power of Laughter

Related posts:

A List of Games to Play with Law of Attraction

Three Important Success Tips with the Law of Attraction

5 Cliches to live the Law of Attraciton

How I Raise My Vibes: The High Vibes Game

Sunday Morning Video: Believe in Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000

I found this first video sometime ago and thought "hey, that's a nice video about believing in yourself. I'll keep it in mind for 'one day.'" When I saw this I thought about a quote from the movie Pretty Woman when Richard Gere's character (Edward Lewis) takes Julia Robert's character(Vivian) to her first opera. He tells her that people have a strong reaction to opera, either they hate it or they are deeply moved by it.

Then this morning I didn't have this post ready, looked for something new and different. I looked again at this first video and thought it's too short. Looking at about 2 dozen other inspirational videos I kept coming back to this first one. Then I found the following videos that continued the progress of Paul Potts. I usually don't watch "talent shows" but this one performer caught my attention, mostly because of the first video.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I found myself enjoying them.

Paul ended up winning the Britain's Got Talent show. He's signed a contract and his first CD appropriately named "One Chance" is released. From the Sony BMG site:

The rich, powerful and mesmerising voice of rising star Paul Potts has touched the hearts of millions since his win on TV’s hot new talent show ‘Britain’s Got Talent'. Watched by 13.5 million in the finals, his hauntingly beautiful rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma stunned the show’s judges and audiences alike, leaving many moved to tears.

On Paul's site and blog about his world tour, there is another video collage of the final show, that brought a tear to my eye.

Other Sunday Morning Videos

Sunday Morning Video - "Miracles Happen" By Lila Sakura

Enlightenment by Gary Evans

The Gratitude Dance

Affirmation Movie by Gamy Rachel

Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man

Sunday Morning Video - "Miracles Happen" By Lila Sakura

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:33:00 +0000

I found this MindMovies on YouTube and it seemed to be just the right thing for this post, the first Sunday after the first full moon in Spring. (aka Easter) Lila Sakura is the creator of this video I'm sharing with you today.

Here is the MindMovies $5,000 Winning Mind Movie "Miracles Happen"

If you would like to learn how to make a MindMovies click here. I'm working on making mine and I'll share it soon.

One of the previous posts I shared was made using MindMovies .

Other Sunday Morning Videos

Enlightenment by Gary Evans

The Gratitude Dance

Affirmation Movie by Gamy Rachel

Matthieu Ricard - The World's Happiest Man

Law of Attraction Carnival #30 - Religion

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:05:00 +0000

The Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #30 is now posted at Living the Law of Attraction.

The next edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival will be hosted here at the Law of Attraction for Beginners. It's Spring, a time of new beginnings, and sowing of seeds for a future harvest. For the next edition, the topic is "Back to Basics."

When I played sports, some of the first practices we had as a team were the fundamentals, the basics of the sport, catching, throwing, hitting, etc.

Write an article or give a lesson in the Law of Attraction for a beginner. Someone who has never heard about the Law of Attraction or is so new to the concept that you are pretty much sharing the information with someone without a lot of knowledge or experience about manifesting our realities.

For the readers, these articles are good for both the beginner and the experienced students, because, it's good to have the basics down as a solid foundation.

Please check the submission guidelines.

You can submit your article at Blog Carnival.

Other Law of Attraction Carnivals:

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28

Edward Mills list of all previous Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals

Religion and the Law of Attraction

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Ellie Walsh put forward a great idea for the current edition of Law of Attraction Blog Carnival concerning Religion and the Law of Attraction.

Tell me your perspective - your experience - with religion and the Law of Attraction.
Do you practice both?
Do you feel religion enhances or inhibits utilizing the Law of Attraction?

Tell me your perspective - your experience - with religion and the Law of Attraction.

I am a recovering Catholic. I attended Sunday mass every week. Received the sacraments of Baptism, Confession, Communion, Confirmation and attended Catholic schools all but 2 of my pre-college years. I seriously contemplated the priesthood and considered myself, not only a good Christian (acting in the ways of Christ), but also a devout Catholic.

While attending Mater Dei High School, my religion classes taught me about the Bible, other religions, Church history and teachings. The more I learned, the more the Church seemed too restrictive, dogmatic, full of conflict and I felt that my relationship with God and the Universe was more peaceful and loving, than to be burdened with rules and sins. But that is my perspective.

Like many young people, I then did some searching. I found community in other Christian churches, less restrictive, but still found no real connection.

I discovered meditation and Buddhism and later yoga. Peaceful and tranquil, but seemed to me, to retard my desires and ambitions. Finding balance was challenging for me and at times, still is challenging.

Then, through a series of events and people (those I attracted into my life, ya think) started learning about the powers of the mind. Then as I read personal development books, studied more religions and metaphysical sciences, I started to see similarities and connections between them. They are not exclusive of each other, they are interpretations and explanations of the grand puzzle of "life the universe and everything" that priests, philosophers, scientists, monks, thinkers, bloggers and others have been trying to explain as our understanding evolves.

Do you practice both?

No. What follows is my opinion, my beliefs and what I learned from my personal experiences.

I see religion as a stepping stone along the evolutionary path of consciousness. Look back over history and you'll see that polytheism is based upon the personification of the forces of Nature that were observed by early humans. Much like young children personify their toys and bring them to life. Later as the consciousness of humanity matured, monotheism developed and created a greater one and all encompassing force. Again, monotheistic religion personified Universal forces for human understanding. Now, in this New Age, leading edge thinking takes spirituality and understanding beyond monotheism and we find the universal forces and laws apply to everyone and can be used by anyone.

Although not religious, I consider myself spiritual. When I meditate, when the thoughts that wander through my mind are gone, I feel a sense of closeness, sometimes a oneness with everything. It's possible that my practice is novice if one were to compare with others. But those comparisons are a trap, so I will just say that my experience is my experience and fulfilling for me. As it should be for you.

Do you feel religion enhances or inhibits utilizing the Law of Attraction?

Religion can do both, enhance or inhibit.

Religion can enhance a person's utilization of the Law of Attraction when belief in their deity(ies) is strong and their faith that their gods/goddesses will grant them their desire through prayer or ritual. It is that belief and faith that brings about manifestation. Religions provide a good foundation for belief and faith. They provide teachings and affirmations for followers to develop and grow their faith. With an understanding of the Law of Attraction, a religious person can make better use of prayer, for example, replacing "Oh God, don't let me loose my house to foreclosure" with "Oh God, help me find ways to keep living in my home."

Those members who have faith and belief in their god's power to grant their prayers are just as successful in manifesting as those who are non-religious yet have faith in the Universe or even faith in themselves.

On the other hand, religions can inhibit utilization of the Law of Attraction when one is taught that we are sinful, unworthy, inferior, etc. and can only be "saved" by faith and, devotion will bring reward in the afterlife. It is these beliefs in sin, unworthiness and inferiority that cause resistance to receiving abundance. If one believes themselves unworthy (resistance), then those prayers asking for help will appear to go unanswered because of the belief of unworthiness.

The difference is a religious person can take the path of "it's god's will I'm in this condition" whether good (abundant) or bad (lack). The deliberate creator, one who accepts their role in the manifestation of their experiences, acknowledges their own resistances (or at least should acknowledge their role) and can develop themselves personally to reduce and eliminate their resistances and bring about abundance. Resistance is resistance, whether you are resisting God, the Universe or resisting your own deservings of being happy and fulfilled.

For the religious person, I believe that this New Age we are in, can actually make for a better relationship with their gods and goddesses. Just as offspring learn better ways to ask for what they want from their parents, so can followers learn to ask deities for their desires to be fulfilled. Knowing how to frame prayers when asking for divine assistance makes for a better communication process in the relationship with the Divine.

Whether you are religious or spiritual or not, I believe the Law of Attraction is a natural force available for use by anyone.

What do you think? I invite you dear reader to leave your comments or share your thoughts with me.

Other Law of Attraction Carnivals:

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #29

Law of Attraction Blog Carnival #28

Edward Mills list of Law of Attraction Blog Carnivals